Managers of Wealth

UBS warns of Europe brain drain

EUROPE needs to address its economic and social issues in order to retain talent as otherwise young Europeans will leave the continent and head for Asia, a senior European banker said.

Is there a big hole in HMRC’s tax gap figures?

A recent, influential report suggests that the shadow economy is costing the UK Exchequer at least £60bn a year – more than six times the cost of the Olympics.

Investors reassessing asset allocations

Speculation that the US Federal Reserve may tighten its quantitative easing policy has caused investors to reassess their asset allocations.

LGT Group Market comment: A Welcome Normalization

Equities appear stuck in consolidation, and some investors fear rising long-term interest rates put the bull market at risk.

London home to UK’s both richest and poorest

The ONS definition of wealth includes property, financial assets, physical wealth and private pensions.

Liz Forgan: The City's wealth is not reaching the arts

Forgan talks passionately but realistically about the arts in a broader perspective.

Market Perspective Report - Rothschild

Global economic growth is likely to remain weak. But loose monetary policies, including low interest rates and quantitative easing, should continue to support risk asset prices throughout the rest of the year.

Bankers with absolutely clean hands are rare after worst financial crisis for a century

Some five years after the worst financial crisis for a century the bruises are still there

Chinese American Investors Comfortable with Current Financial Situation

Chinese-Americans are consistently more confident about their current and future financial situation compared to the US general population

Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end

New crash coming? When? Before year-end?

Africa will be an engine for world growth in the coming decades

Japan's Shinzo Abe hails Africa as 'growth centre'

BARINGS: Video investment update on Frontier markets

Investment update from Michael Levy, investment manager of the Baring Frontier Markets Fund

Financial repression, austerity and inflation set to continue - Pictet

Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist for Pictet Asset Management, gives his views on how the investment landscape will evolve over the next five years

'Animal spirits' are back... What are the drivers behind this optimism?

A commentary from Seven Investment Management.

All's fair in love, war...

"...and on the podium for The 2013 Taxation Innovation Awards:

A Singapore wealth manager under fire amid crackdown

The message struck at the heart of a global debate over the moral divide between savvy tax planning and exploitation of loopholes

Why the EU cap on bankers’ bonuses could prove illegal

The rule has extraterritorial effects and applies to all bankers who work for European-headquartered banks, no matter where they are in the world.

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

West End Front by Tom Becket

FX update from J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Another strong week for the USD

Greed is no longer good, says King

“Now I think they don’t want to earn money if it has been earned in a way that creates enormous damage to society – and I think that’s a good thing.”

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